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STEINHAUSER & SHREINER.

Car Heater.

No. 96,498. Patented Nov. 2, 1869.

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FRANK J. STEINHAUSER AND HENRY M. SHREINER, OF LANCASTER.

PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent N 96,498, dated November 2, 1869.

Hoon- RAILROAD-CAR HEATER The Schedule referred to in these LettenPatent and making part of thel same.

To all whom it may concern Beit known that \ve, FRANK J. STEINHAUSER andHnxnv M. Sunnlsun, ot the city of Lancaster, in` the State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Combined Water-lauk forRailroad-Gar Stoves; and we do hereby declare that the following.;

is a. i`ull,.clear, and exact description ot' the construction andoperation ot' the salnc,lr efe|'encc being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of our invention.

Figure 2, the saine, as combined with a stove,'on a reduced scale.

' Figure 3, a section of fig. 1, also reduced.

The nature ot' our invention consists in providing a means ot'extinguishing the tire in the vstoves ot' railroad-curs, actingautomatically in case the car is overturned, and for the escape ot' thegas produced hy the 'water suddenly thrown upon the fire, confinedwholly to the stove, in order to prevent the calamity of a burning car,and consequent destruction of lii'e and loss ot' property, as in severalcases recently.

To enable others skilled in the art .to lnake and use our invention, wewill now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Fig. 1 shows a water-tank or reservoir, B, made ot' boiler-iron, orother suit-able material, covered on urp.

The lower portion b is conic, with a neck, b', closed at bottom with anut and screw, made water-tight, so that the water can be drawn ontofthe tank when the same is not in use during the summer-season.

This tank is supported, by brackets bK, on the up-l per edge of afumiel-tbrlned ash-pan, C, which surrounds the water-tank B l) 11', andextends through the Hoor N ofthe car. 4

The neck or. spout D also extends below the portion b ot' thetank,'wlvlere it is closed by a sliding valve, F, moving on a pivot, g,and connected with a rod, G, terminated by a weighted ball, as shown.

This rod G, when the valve. F closes the opening of D, restsin a centralnotch, h, made in the lower guidefboWH; but when the carvis overturned,the weighted ball opens the valve by sliding the rod to the right orlett between the open guides H H, and

lodges in a notch, h, made at the ends ot" these` guides.

These guides H are held 'by bracket-s I, attached to the under side ofthe floor N.

The upper portion ot' this funnel C is supported by means ot' bracketsJ, connected to the upper side of the tloor N ofthe cnr.I

The water-tank B has three or more pipes L, communicating with the waterwithin the tank, and carried upward, so as to open near the lire-gratewithin the stove.

Enchpipe or tube has-a hinged valve, opening upward.

There is also an' intermediate shield or disk, A, be-

4tweenthe furnace-grate and rounded top of the tank.

vey the. ashes'trom thestove to the ash-funnel C, and

also radiates the heatfrom the furnace, and protects the tank from theashes lodging upon it, while the open space between the disk and tank,as well as that between the disk and grate, admits the cool air anddraught to the stove.

The stove itselt' may be of any desired pattern, adapted to ourinvention.

Fig.' 2 represents a stove over our arrangement below the grate, socombined as to be firmly united, with a closing-diaphragm and an outershell or cover, to prevent any escape of the coal or ashes, whenoverturned, to enter the ear.l

The operation is briey set forth, as follows:

The tank being filled with water, with thepipes below the grate, willdischarge the contents directly into the tire when the car isoverturned, while the weighted ball will swing to the one side and openthevalve beneath the car, for the escape ot' the steam or gas generated-by the action ot the water on the tire, which will b e speedilysmothered and extinguished.

All the valves open by gravitation, so as to allow the water to tlow outfreely, as well as to supply air, through the central tube, to theinterior ot' the tank.

The slide-salve, below the car, can also he operated by hand at anytime, for discharging the ashes from the-stove, which maybe riddled downover the arched disk into the funnel-shaped ash-pan.

Ve do not, broadly, vclaim the use of a water-tank for discharging thewater into the fire-box, independently considered.

We claiml.' The arrangement of the ash-funnel C D, with its vvalve F andweighted rod G, guides H H, in combination with vthe tank B b. '11', inthe manner and for the purpose specitied.

2. The arrangement of thedsk A, in combination with the t'ubesor pipes LM, with their hinged valves l,'constructedsubstantially in the manner'and for the purpose set forth. f

3. The combined arrangement ot the tank B,tlisk A, spouts or vpipes L M,tlsli-funne1 C D, and valve F, in connectioir with a stove adaptedthereto, operating substantially in the mannerand for the purposespecified.

FRANK J. STEINHAUSER. H. M.ISHRE1NER.

Witnesses: I

, JOHN M. AMWEG, J .scola-` Snoeren.

